BOXIANA By PIERCE EGAN

**McGoorty** · 10-31-2011, 01:03 PM

My god, anybody read the bit about RICHARD III, is this King the first ever English boxer, Egan writes, "That he was uncommonly expert, either on foot, or on horseback in displaying a variety of Manly feats-- such as drawing the bow, raising the sling, or throwing the javelin, but particularly distinguished with a clenched fist, when opposed to an antagonist, by the extreme potency of his arm". ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Shakespeare's take on Richard of Gloucester is WAAAAAY off the mark, this guy was a killing machine on the battlefield,... and he was barely a Featherweight..... And one of the first boxers... maybe.....

**McGoorty** · 11-02-2011, 08:18 AM

Seriously, this is a good read and one of the most famous boxing books...... where is everybody ????

**eli porter** · 11-02-2011, 10:31 AM

Yeah, I have this but haven't read it yet so I couldn't really comment.

**Sugarj** · 11-02-2011, 11:56 AM

One of the first boxing books I read, a very good read!

**McGoorty** · 11-02-2011, 01:06 PM

Originally posted by Sugarj

One of the first boxing books I read, a very good read!

It sure is,,, the first sport history book..... It's boxing's Illiad.

**Sugarj** · 11-02-2011, 04:55 PM

Originally posted by McGoorty

It sure is,,, the first sport history book..... It's boxing's Illiad.

Its partially responsible for getting me into the sport many moons ago. My school library had an old, dusty, battered copy that looked centuries old (probably was! I should have nicked it!!!). The book itself had a real atmosphere and made me think of these early pioneers as serious historical figures.

**Spartacus Sully** · 11-03-2011, 01:16 AM

Originally posted by McGoorty

My god, anybody read the bit about RICHARD III, is this King the first ever English boxer, Egan writes, "That he was uncommonly expert, either on foot, or on horseback in displaying a variety of Manly feats-- such as drawing the bow, raising the sling, or throwing the javelin, but particularly distinguished with a clenched fist, when opposed to an antagonist, by the extreme potency of his arm". ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Shakespeare's take on Richard of Gloucester is WAAAAAY off the mark, this guy was a killing machine on the battlefield,... and he was barely a Featherweight..... And one of the first boxers... maybe.....

nah, boxing has been around since rome and ****.

theres one scene in the odessy where uslesses gets in a fight with some dude and throws a right counter knocking the dude out.

**McGoorty** · 11-03-2011, 04:29 AM

Originally posted by Spartacus Sully

nah, boxing has been around since rome and ****.

theres one scene in the odessy where uslesses gets in a fight with some dude and throws a right counter knocking the dude out.

I know, I've read the Illiad, love it. I was talking ENGLISH boxing only as I am all too aware of Rome and Greece, and I didn't know that about Richard III and he's one king I have read a lot on....... Boxiana also mentions that Aelfred The Great trained his soldiers with boxing much the same way as the Legions did. I am always impressed when someone knows Homer, ................. keep up the good posts

**McGoorty** · 11-03-2011, 04:33 AM

Originally posted by Sugarj

Its partially responsible for getting me into the sport many moons ago. My school library had an old, dusty, battered copy that looked centuries old (probably was! I should have nicked it!!!). The book itself had a real atmosphere and made me think of these early pioneers as serious historical figures.

You shoulda nicked it, probably worth a quid too by now. Yes it's a good read but I was a bit worried that many would find the older lingo hard to understand, being nuts about history I don't have that problem.

BOXIANA By PIERCE EGAN